March of Dimes: Champions for Babies
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. We carry out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies’ lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.
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Premature babies are at the greatest risk of developing serious medical conditions. Learn about some of the problems your premature baby could be faced with. Visit www.ThePregnancyShow.com
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Montvale, NJ – AmniScreen™ is the first and only FDA-approved at-home screening test for amniotic fluid leakage during pregnancy, a condition that may lead to serious complications such as infection and preterm labor.
Emily Defranco of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discusses her research on pre-term births and how spacing pregnancies at least 12 months apart can decrease a woman’s risk of having a pre-term delivery.
Entrevista em exclusivo ao Infovitae. Dr. Byron C. Calhoun, MD, FACOG, FACS is Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West Virginia of Medicine-Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia, USA. Dr. Calhoun is diplomate board certified by the American Boardof Obstetrics anda Ginecology in general Obstetrics and Ginecology and in the sub-speciality of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He has authored over 60 peer review articles in the obstetric and gynecologic literature, presented over 100 scientific papers, and participated in over 40 research projects. Dr. Calhoun and his wife have 5 children.
When I was 18 years old , doctors told me my chances of getting pregnant were slim to none. I am 30 years old right now and you could imagine my excitement when on may 30,2008 I took a pregnancy test and it said positive. I started crying so bad I was soooo happy, IM PREGNANT i pretty much screamed it. Well on September 16th I was 21 weeks 5 days pregnant, I went to my doctors appointment and listened to her heartbeat and they said everything was great. By the time i got home from RI i live in Ma…My pants felt wet and i knew i didnt pee myself so what the was it? Started getting cramps so i decided to go to the ER, where they told my cervix was 4cm dialated and there was nothing they could do but wait, and that my water will probably break. 2 hours after getting to woman and infants, my water broke and i knew my baby was dying. They told me that I had to deliver her. Knowing she was dead. So on September 17,2008 I have birth to a beautiful 14 oz baby girl with brown hair and we named her Brooke Elizabeth Backlund. Its still very hard for me so if anyone wants some conversation please feel free to write or email me at ahzriel27@yahoo.com
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